I WANT TO END MY CAREER AT MADRID DECLARED MODRIC ~ Centre-Cycle Sport

Monday, 18 January 2016

I WANT TO END MY CAREER AT MADRID DECLARED MODRIC

"I only saw that in the media. Those are just rumours," Modric told Croatian newspaper Sportske Novosti. "With Ancelotti, he had a great relationship with all the players. During his stage we had great results. I am in contact with Ancelotti but he has never said anything to me about going to Bayern.
"My plan is to stay here until the end of my contract [2018]. All my plans are with Madrid and I am not thinking about any other club."
"The first year with Ancelotti was great and now with Zidane it is this way too," Modric said. "He doesn't waste words and he gets right to the point.
"Now it is different because he has his own ideas and his methods. This is only the beginning but he has made it clear that he wants compact lines. He wants us close to our rivals and he wants us to press when we lose the ball so we can recover it quickly."
The Croatian international spoke about his support for his former manager Benitez
"We didn't give him the expected results. People may have their opinions about the results, but I think that we weren't fit," Modric said. "We had a quick preseason. We traveled more than we trained going to Australia and China. That is a problem because then there is not time to train to recover what has been lost.
"There was a lot of mutual respect. Everything was very professional from the first day. He has done everything possible for the team. I feel bad for him but that is life. I wish him luck."
Modric said that losing in the Clasico was embarrassing, but added that he is confident that the club can turn their fortunes around.
"It was the first Clasico at which I felt humiliated. It is difficult to live after losing a Clasico, but it happened and now we have to rise above," he said.
"We have been close in the past two years [to the La Liga title]. It is a long season and we have a chance to win it this year.